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Section 1. Population

Section 1. Population

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Section 1. Population

Report Number: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012 (131st Edition)

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This section presents statistics on the growth, distribution, and characteristics of the U.S. population. The principal source of these data is the U.S. Census Bureau, which conducts a decennial census of population, a monthly population survey, a program of population estimates and projections, and a number of other periodic surveys relating to population characteristics.

Population tables are grouped by category as follows:

Ancestry, Language Spoken At Home
Elderly, Racial And Hispanic Origin Population Profiles
Estimates And Projections By Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity
Estimates And Projections--States, Metropolitan Areas, Cities
Households, Families, Group Quarters
Marital status And Living Arrangements
Migration
National Estimates And Projections
Native And Foreign-Born Populations
Religion

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Ancestry, Language Spoken At Home

52 - Population by Selected Ancestry Group and Region: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
53 - Languages Spoken At Home by Language: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
54 - Language Spoken at Home by State: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
55 - Language Spoken at Home--Cities With 100,000 Persons or More: 2009 [<1.0 MB]

Elderly, Racial And Hispanic Origin Population Profiles

34 - Persons 65 Years Old and Over--Characteristics by Sex [<1.0 MB]
35 - Persons 65 Years Old and Over--Living Arrangements and Disability Status: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
36 - Selected Characteristics of Racial Groups and Hispanic Population: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
37 - Social and Economic Characteristics of the Hispanic Population: 2009 [<1.0 MB]

Estimates And Projections By Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity

5 - Components of Population Change by Race and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
6 - Resident Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin Status [<1.0 MB]
7 - Resident Population by Sex and Age [<1.0 MB]
8 - Intercensal Resident Population by Sex and Age [<1.0 MB]
9 - Resident Population Projections by Sex and Age [<1.0 MB]
10 - Resident Population by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Age [<1.0 MB]
11 - Resident Population by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Single Years of Age: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
12 - Resident Population Projections by Race, Hispanic Origin Status, and Age--Projections [<1.0 MB]

Estimates And Projections--States, Metropolitan Areas, Cities

13 - Intercensal Resident Population--States [<1.0 MB]
14 - State Population--Rank, Percent Change, And Population Density [<1.0 MB]
15 - State Resident Population--Components of Change [<1.0 MB]
16 - Resident Population by Age and State: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
17 - Age Dependency Ratios by State [<1.0 MB]
18 - Resident Population by Hispanic Origin and State: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
19 - Resident Population by Race and State: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
20 - Large Metropolitan Statistical Areas--Population [<1.0 MB]
21 - 50 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2009--Components of Population Change [<1.0 MB]
22 - Metropolitan Statistical Areas--Population by Age: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
23 - Metropolitan Statistical Areas--Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
24 - Population by Core Based Statistical Area Status and State: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
25 - Population In Coastal Counties [<1.0 MB]
26 - States With Coastal Counties--Population, Housing Units, Establishments, and Employees by Coastal Region and State [<1.0 MB]
27 - Incorporated Places With 100,000 or More Inhabitants in 2010--Population [<1.0 MB]
28 - Incorporated Places by Population Size [<1.0 MB]
29 - Urban and Rural Population by State [<1.0 MB]

Households, Families, Group Quarters

59 - Households, Families, Subfamilies, and Married Couples [<1.0 MB]
60 - Married Couples by Race and Hispanic Origin of Spouses [<1.0 MB]
61 - Households and Persons Per Household by Type of Household [<1.0 MB]
62 - Households by Age of Householder and Size of Household [<1.0 MB]
63 - Unmarried-Partner Households by Region and Sex of Partners: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
64 - Families by Number of Own Children Under 18 Years of Age [<1.0 MB]
65 - Family Households With Own Children Under Age 18 by Type of Family, and by Age of Householder, 2010 [<1.0 MB]
66 - Families by Type, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
67 - Family Groups With Children Under 18 Years Old by Race and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
68 - Parents and Children in Stay-at-Home Parent Family Groups [<1.0 MB]
69 - Children Under 18 Years Old by Presence of Parents [<1.0 MB]
70 - Grandparents Living With Grandchildren by Race and Sex: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
71 - Nonfamily Households by Sex and Age of Householder: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
72 - Persons Living Alone by Sex and Age [<1.0 MB]
73 - Group Quarters Population by Type of Group Quarter and Selected Characteristics: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
74 - Population in Group Quarters by State [<1.0 MB]

Marital Status And Living Arrangements

56 - Marital Status of the Population by Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]
57 - Marital Status of The Population by Sex and Age: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
58 - Living Arrangements of Persons 15 Years Old and Over by Selected Characteristics: 2010 [<1.0 MB]

Migration

30 - Mobility Status of the Population by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
31 - Movers by Type of Move and Reason for Moving: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
32 - Mobility Status of Households by Household Income: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
33 - Mobility Status of Resident Population by State: 2009 [<1.0 MB]

National Estimates And Projections

1 - Population and Area [<1.0 MB]
2 - Population [<1.0 MB]
3 - Resident Population Projections [<1.0 MB]
4 - Components of Population Change [<1.0 MB]

Native And Foreign-Born Populations

38 - Native and Foreign-Born Population by State: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
39 - Nativity and Place of Birth of Resident Population for Cities of 100,000 or More: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
40 - Native and Foreign-Born Populations by Selected Characteristics: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
41 - Foreign-Born Population--Selected Characteristics by Region of Origin: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
42 - Foreign-Born Population by Citizenship Status and Place of Birth: 2009 [<1.0 MB]
43 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status [<1.0 MB]
44 - Refugee Arrivals and Individuals Granted Asylum by Country of Nationality [<1.0 MB]
45 - Estimated Unauthorized Immigrants by Selected States and Countries of Birth [<1.0 MB]
46 - Immigrant Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Sex, Age, Region, and Country of Birth: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
47 - Petitions for Naturalization Filed, Persons Naturalized, and Petitions Denied [<1.0 MB]
48 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Class of Admission [<1.0 MB]
49 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Selected Country of Birth and Selected Characteristics: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
50 - Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Country of Birth [<1.0 MB]
51 - Refugees and Asylees Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Country of Birth [<1.0 MB]

Religion

75 - Self-Described Religious Identification of Adult Population [<1.0 MB]
76 - Religious Bodies--Selected Data [<1.0 MB]
77 - Christian Church Adherents and Jewish Population, States [<1.0 MB]

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